India has witnessed numerous wars following World Wars I and II, as well as post-independence, employing a variety of weapons, including firearms,...
Category: Opinion
Boom of E – Vehicles in India
Electric vehicles or e – vehicles (EV) are not new to India. It all started in early 2000 with the release of Mahindra Electric Mobility Limited...
The Need for a Narrative
I write this to share my thoughts about something that caught my attention in this post written by a colleague. What I found interesting in it was the expressed need for a narrative to frame this global Covid’19 crisis. That the current situation lacks a narrative that is grand, like those classics written by Tolstoy or Dostoevsky, to describe what is happening. I understand this impulse as it is something that I have been witnessing in various forms since this crisis began. It is the most basic response that human beings have, one of meaning-making. It is an attempt to grasp what is happening and in some ways foist meaning onto a situation to make it palatable.
Belief and Faith
Belief and faith are two different concepts, connected by a single thin thread that is invisible. They don’t depend on any religion, caste, creed or...
Battle Royale – Not an ordinary teen drama!
Teen movies is one of the most popular and interesting genres which is easily picked up by filmmakers; because youngsters and teenagers are readily...
Values: Then and Now
I want to share a few thoughts that were spurred by a colleague's article. Dr Ramesh wonders why certain values that are celebrated on screen in...
Integrity and Excellence in an Indian Movie…
Movie is a modern way of entertainment and a medium of expressing one’s quest for answers to some difficult questions concerning human condition. To...
CRYPTO CURRENCY: WAY TOWARDS WOMEN’S FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCY
Financial Independency and financial security had been a striving factor for women since ages. Recent researches has showed that there is a dynamic...
English Unfurled: Is social media the site where English becomes more Indian?
English has always had a place of prominence and elitist trapping in India. The pedagogy of English from the get-go has been for the formation of...
Social Media, an Evolving Medium
We all remember the time before the advent of social media when social communication wasn’t so easily accessible or available with the press of a...